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Viewing cable 09BERLIN781, GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 388 CONFIRMED CASES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BERLIN781 2009-06-30 11:03 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Berlin 
VZCZCXRO2339
RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDF RUEHDH RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHMA RUEHPB
RUEHPOD RUEHSL RUEHTM RUEHTRO
DE RUEHRL #0781 1811103
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 301103Z JUN 09
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4472
INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 9970
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0364
RUEHFT/AMCONSUL FRANKFURT 8080
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE USD FAS WASHINGTON DC 0125
RUEAUSA/DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0776
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1495
 
UNCLAS BERLIN 000781 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR/CE PETER SCHROEDER 
STATE FOR OES/IHB 
STATE FOR AID/GH/HIDN 
USDA PASS TO APHIS 
HHS PASS TO CDC 
HHS FOR OGHA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
SUBJECT: GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 388 CONFIRMED CASES 
 
REF:  A) Berlin 775, B) Berlin 769 and previous. 
 
1. (SBU)  SUMMARY: The net number of H1N1 infections in 
Germany rose by 30 cases to a total of 388 on June 29. Germany 
has the third highest number of infections in the EU. SUMMARY. 
 
2. (SBU)  On June 29, the National Reference Center for 
Influenza at RKI announced in its press briefing thirty-one 
new laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 for Germany, and 
subtracted one previously confirmed case. This net increase of 
thirty cases brings the total to 388. One H1N1 infection 
previously confirmed in Bavaria was rescinded.  New cases were 
distributed among the federal states as follows: Bavaria (-1), 
Baden-Wrttemberg (13), North Rhine-Westphalia (5), Hesse (5), 
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (2), Lower-Saxony (2), Schleswig- 
Holstein (2), Saxony (1), and Rhineland-Palatinate (1). 
 
3. (SBU)  North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) remains the state 
showing the highest number of infections among all German 
states with 173 confirmed cases, followed by Baden- 
Wuerttemberg (60) and Bavaria (56 cases).  The Federal State 
of Saarland remains the only state without confirmed virus 
cases.  The number of confirmed virus infections resulting 
from domestic transmission increased by 12 bringing the total 
up to 211. 
 
4. (SBU)  According to the European Center for Disease 
Prevention and Control, Germany has third place in the EU 
ranking of H1N1 infections with over 360 confirmed H1N1 cases, 
only outranked by Spain (over 540 cases) and the United 
Kingdom (over 4200 cases). 
 
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